InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate Stock-picking hedge funds land investors double-digit gains in 2020 By financialnews_rlv83x - December 29, 2020 0 189 The average hedge fund underperformed the wider stock market in 2020 but saw less volatility while stock-picking funds got a lift from technology and stay-at-home shares in a year beset by a pandemic and uncertainty around the U.S. election.